Quotes of the day

posted at 10:51 pm on August 2, 2012 by Allahpundit

“I am not basing this on some figment of my imagination,” Reid told Nevada reporters Wednesday. “I have had a number of people tell me that.” But he would not expand on his sources. “I don’t think the burden should be on me,” he said. “The burden should be on him. He’s the one I’ve alleged has not paid any taxes.”…

[T]his accusation is not an off-hand remark or an accident, or Reid wouldn’t be repeating it so often. He clearly sees an upside in making these claims — whether he has some proof, is trying to goad Romney into releasing the returns, or is just taking advantage of the fact that the Republican won’t prove him wrong.

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“I don’t know how you go out there and make a statement like that without any facts,” Boehner said during an appearance on “Kilmeade and Friends.” “It’s one of the problems that occurs here in Washington, people run out there without any facts and just make noise. The American people are too smart for this, they’ll get to the bottom of this, it clearly is not a fact, and I would think that the Senate majority leader would be smart enough to know that.”

How likely is it that as Romney became more and more prominent as a CEO, as an Olympic organizer, as governor, and as a presidential candidate that no one at the IRS would notice a glaring ten year period where he paid no taxes, even though he presumably would owe some considerable sum?

How plausible do fact-checking organizations finds the notion that when you invest in Bain Capital, the first thing they do is reveal the multi-year personal tax evasion of the CEO? Has any investor ever gotten a chance to look at the tax returns of the CEO of their money management firm?

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Brilliantly played. Make the accusation as broad as possible—10 years!—so that Romney will want to demonstrate that Reid (or Reid’s source) is a liar by releasing tax records showing he only paid zero taxes for, say, three years. Reid shrugs, says, “I guess my guy was exaggerating.” Romney’s candidacy takes a huge and possibly fatal hit. Advantage: Obama.

But Romney isn’t falling for it. And now Reid’s getting sloppy, raising the stakes by saying, “I have had a number of people tell me that.” Really? More than one person has told Reid that Romney didn’t pay his taxes for 10 years? No way is anybody going to believe that. Advantage: Romney.

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Is Reid acting on his own, or on orders from the Obama campaign? Well, on more than one occasion now the Obama campaign has advanced the “felon” nonsense against Romney, so Reid’s character assault fits with the campaign’s overt tactics. Coming from the campaign of a man who has admitted to committing multiple felonies — Obama’s past hard drug use, specifically — that’s an unwise move. For one thing, it opens the Obama camp to questions of his own past and character. Some particularly aggressive GOP surrogate could swear that they know a guy who used to get his blow from Barry Obama, and using the Reid standard, it’s up to Obama to prove the anonymous allegation false…

And there’s proof that for all his noise and bluster, Harry Reid is among a group of top Democrats who haven’t released their own tax returns. The obvious thing to infer, using Reid’s own standard, is that he hasn’t released his tax returns because he hasn’t been paying any taxes or has something else to hide. Reid used the tax return issue to insist that Romney isn’t fit to hold office at all. Well, Harry, right back atcha. Ditto for Nancy Pelosi and DNC chairman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, neither of whom have released their own tax returns. Romney can now say “You show me yours and I’ll show you mine” and effectively shut the Democrat leadership up. Harry Reid took the Obama campaign’s ball and sprinted all the way to a touchdown. Too bad he ran the wrong way.

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I’m in that same camp, but worry that Jindal would be unfairly attacked by the media in a fashion similar to what they did to Sarah Palin over the circumstances regarding his birth.

SWalker on August 3, 2012 at 3:45 AM

Perhaps, but they’re going to go after anyone that is picked. The blandest of the bland will become evil incarnate in the MSM.
I would rather have someone that fires up the voters, even if they draw more heat. As others have stated, I’m expecting a boring pick. I hope I’m wrong.

Perhaps, but they’re going to go after anyone that is picked. The blandest of the bland will become evil incarnate in the MSM.
I would rather have someone that fires up the voters, even if they draw more heat. As others have stated, I’m expecting a boring pick. I hope I’m wrong.

4Grace on August 3, 2012 at 3:50 AM

Yes, I fully understand that, which is why my first choice is Allen West. The man is utterly fearless and would respond with swift and brutal attacks directed squarely at the Fifth Column Treasonous Media. I also like LevinFan’s choice of Paul Ryan.

Let’em. That’ll just open up the obamanation to scrutiny over his (lack of) documents, all the way thru college…

Gohawgs on August 3, 2012 at 3:51 AM

Sadly I do not believe it would, as I explained to LevinFan, the Fifth Column Treasonous Media is utterly and completely without any semblance of morals or ethics. They would defend Obama while hammering Jindal, and Bobby Jindal is to good of a man to expose to that this early in his career.

Rubio! Must be. This Election is far from certain, so I do not know why you would throw away a chance at a conservative that will get the base excited, help carry a must win state and draw in Hispanics that will help in many many states like; PA,OHIO,NJ,VA,MI,WI,AZ,NM,CO.

I mean really this is a no brainer. You know how I know it is the best choice…because the MSM is out there with stories that Rubio would not help Romney carry Florida. They are scared…Very Scared

Natebo on August 2, 2012 at 8:29 PM

This is from the Pawlenty VP thread. Sorry to repost this, but there is some truth to this. You saw my comments about Rubio, don’t like him all that much, but politically it may be the best move. We can’t afford to lose and it’s way too close.

If/when Mitt does make a boring choice for VP, I just pray that the PACs come out with both barrels blazing. I mean everything. Every single detail of F&F, all the Solyndras, the out of control EPA, DOJ & HHS, the nat’l security leaks, the short “work” days of Obama, all of his quotes when his mask slips. And on and on.

I agree that the LSM will do what it can to re-elect the obamanation. However, trotting out Jindal’s birth records exposes the WON to scrutiny, especially when Jindal releases anything and everything he has and then asks the biatch to show him his…

I agree that the LSM will do what it can to re-elect the obamanation. However, trotting out Jindal’s birth records exposes the WON to scrutiny, especially when Jindal releases anything and everything he has and then asks the biatch to show him his…

…just woke up and came down for something to drink…read the thread and thought I’d stir the pot and leave. (That one’s always looking for an argument…so while I’m sleeping…FR’s running around for the next two hours…YOU TALKIN’ TO ME WILLIS????)…nite (:->)

I agree that the LSM will do what it can to re-elect the obamanation. However, trotting out Jindal’s birth records exposes the WON to scrutiny, especially when Jindal releases anything and everything he has and then asks the biatch to show him his…

Gohawgs on August 3, 2012 at 4:03 AM

no, sorry, it won’t. The Fifth Column Treasonous Media will just continue to trot out the Obama Birth Certificate Forgery and insist it is a real and legitimate document.

Birth Certificate Forgery and insist it is a real and legitimate document.

SWalker on August 3, 2012 at 4:07 AM

No doubt. But by rehashing the various half-truths surrounding those docs and the complete blackout of his Occidental, Columbia and Harvard records someone somewhere might find a truffle nugget or two…

So y’all ready for wall to wall coverage of heterophobic
anti-Christian bigots making out in ChickFilA restaurants today ? Any bets Shepherd Smith will be so excited that he’ll come out of the closet on live TV ?

Yes, and we must find a way to destroy those intellectual perverts and deviants in the Fifth Column Treasonous Media or we will forever being trying to persevere rather than prospering.

SWalker on August 3, 2012 at 4:24 AM

This is what Andrew Breitbart was trying to teach people when his time here expired. That the single greatest threat to America wasn’t Barack Obama, Marxism or Islam, but the utterly and totally corrupt Fifth Column Treasonous Media.

More Olympic joy for the girl’s gymnastics team and swimmers. I would love to congratulate them, but then it occurred to me that those athletes would be no where if it were not for the roads and infrastructure that allowed them and their coaches to get them to practice. And for their government teachers and police and firemen. Let’s all cheer these great victories for the American government!

This is so much fun to see the left scream and holler about every infraction they can think of and make up some from the ethers if necessary while their Prince needs a prompter to talk to a fifth grade class, embarrasses the Country routinely and being an olympic narcissist thinks he’s a few clicks above perfect. Beautiful, just beautiful.

I’m SO HAPPY that Fox News covered the story of that smug b*stard who YouTubed himself driving up to that Chick-fil-A window and berating that perfectly lovely and polite girl who gave him a smile and a LARGE FREE water. From Arizona. He was a CFO of the company and the sleuths at Breitbart posted the video and had his name and occupation by links from his YouTube page within about an hour. HA HA HA. His company basically said in a statement that they don’t tolerate rudeness (to put it mildly, what they were saying between the lines is “we don’t need this douchebag”).

I couldn’t get past Howard Dean’s shoe polish hair and matching eyebrows this morning. I changed the channel permanently for today!

Naturally Curly on August 3, 2012 at 7:29 AM

Ha ha. Bill O’Reilly is as bad.
Whoops – next the Republican leaving Congress is coming on to Tea Party bash. +click+
(I have to admit watching Chuckie Shumer moan and groan over Tea Party Senators was fun. His “good friend Dick Lugar…..” Well GOOD RIDDANCE TO THAT GUY.

Rubio! Must be. This Election is far from certain, so I do not know why you would throw away a chance at a conservative that will get the base excited, help carry a must win state and draw in Hispanics that will help in many many states like; PA,OHIO,NJ,VA,MI,WI,AZ,NM,CO.

I mean really this is a no brainer. You know how I know it is the best choice…because the MSM is out there with stories that Rubio would not help Romney carry Florida. They are scared…Very Scared

Natebo on August 2, 2012 at 8:29 PM

I caught this up thread regarding the VP pick and think it is pretty solid. The Dems are very scared which is why they are keynoting with San Antonio Mayor Mr. Julian Castro as a way to bolster their standing in response…

…Harry Reid is among a group of top Democrats who haven’t released their own tax returns. The obvious thing to infer, using Reid’s own standard, is that he hasn’t released his tax returns because he hasn’t been paying any taxes or has something else to hide. Reid used the tax return issue to insist that Romney isn’t fit to hold office at all. Well, Harry, right back atcha. Ditto for Nancy Pelosi and DNC chairman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, neither of whom have released their own tax returns. Romney can now say “You show me yours and I’ll show you mine…”

After what happened on Wednesday, I have some faith that people are getting information without the help of the press. That, and the fact that government corruption was listed as a top three item in a major poll this past week. As more and more of the news outlets go out of business, they still don’t see what is right in front of their faces, and I guess they think getting Obama elected is more important than staying in business. Oh, well…

Adam Smith held an appointment as an Adjunct Lecturer, Finance (non-tenure eligible) in the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona from January 2, 2012, to May 20, 2012. He presently holds no appointment with the University.

The University of Arizona strives to provide an environment where a free and respectful exchange of ideas is valued and encouraged. We strive to have a workforce that is diverse and respectful of different viewpoints and where opinions are respected.

Ever hear of Charles Payne? Big black guy on Fox Business? He’s right on the money on the economy. However he voted for Obama.

It’s sickening to sell out everything you believe in due to racism. Nothing worse than that to me. Everytime I see him it makes me sick.

LevinFan on August 3, 2012 at 3:49 AM

See, here’s the thing. If a whole block of voters in the United States voted for Obama just because the color of his skin, then it is also true that they voted against McCain because of the color of his skin.

I think that touched me more than anything. That was not a well publicized event, and it amazed me how many people showed up. It reminds me of the WI elections. People aren’t rioting, they just show up when it matters and do the right thing.

In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. It was inevitable that they should make that claim sooner or later: the logic of their position demanded it. Not merely the validity of experience, but the very existence of external reality was tacitly denied by their philosophy.

Don’t you just love these holier-than-thou Libtards (Stewart) who accuse the right of hyprocrisy while themselves being the biggest hypocrites in the room? So Stewart you are going to say that Mitt should release his tax records because it’s “the right thing to do”. OK, I’ll play…how about Obama release his college transcripts for the same reason? Has he ever addressed this? Stewart is a phony, he’s annoying, and he’s not even that funny.